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The Chicago Blackhawks make a rare visit tonight to Montreal where the Canadiens hope to start improving their record at home.
The injury riddled Blackhawks are without several players, most notably Jonathan Toews. It shows as they have lost 5 straight. On paper this should be an easy home win for the Habs to put in the bank.
Carey Price is apparently sick and Jaroslav Halak will warm the bench tonight.
Andrei Markov has finally been given some recognition and been nominated to the All-Star team. Much deserved.
On the other side of the spectrum, someone who has been missing for most of the recent Canadiens success makes a return tonight. For reasons unknown.
Return to glory.
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- goalie : Any thoughts out there? I watched the Oilers - Red Wings. THAT was excitement.
- Senet1 : Gomez Buyout cap hi Scott Gomez buyout from CapGeek.com ◦ 2012-13: $3,523,810 ◦ 2013-14: $4,523,810 ◦ 2014-15: $1,666,667 ◦ 2015-16: $1,666,667 t.
- Senet1 : Well I never thought he would see February but here we are and he is still there. The problem is and most people are like this they hate to admit that they made a mistake. A mistake of hiring PG.
- goalie : Habs MUST announce that PG is fired well before the trading deadline. The trouble is is that we know we have to change players, we have a lame GM and the new GM coming in will then inherit players that Gauthier gets. FIRE his ass now! I am wondering, do Molson's know how to run an organization. Doesn't seem like it to me at this time.
- HabsLoseAgain : Keep it french and keep it real lol
- HabsLoseAgain : PG must be blowing jeff molson hard if he still has a job at this point.
- HabsLoseAgain : Ans just think guys PG is gonna lead us to the trade deadline bahahahaha Scary eh?
- goalie : One could go on adn on about our woes. Get in a new GM whow knows what it takes to win in the NHL (that would be size, skating and puck control Pierre)and try step by step to rebuild. and ... with a new coaching staff also.
- goalie : Nice to see you also look at the stats as they don't usually lie. Unfortunately the |Gomez contract absolutely tied the GM's hands. We essentially have a cap of $7 M bveloew the other teams as Gomez may as well be tanning in Mexico. Gionat has NOT been a successful captain. Gill is aging (but at leats he gives 100%) Campoli adn Kaberle have not played as wella s I thought they would.
- Senet1 : We need to draft a couple of star forwards who can score and become game breakers. It is hard to get these types of players in trades although Parise is available, so is Bobby Ryan. There is 60 goals a year. Gomez has now gone a full year without scoring a goal. So how much is that $7+ M per goal. So $7M divided by 0 is zero. So you see math does not lie. That is pretty good stat???????
- Senet1 : You cannot win games unless with a team like this unless all 20 players I playing well. Even if you have 20 players playing well they still need guidance from the coaches.
- Senet1 : PK played a H_ell of a game today Eller played well but had two wingers that were pretty useless on his line. To me there are a lot of positives on this team, put when you do not have any super star scorer like most teams then you need to play as a 20 man team.
- Senet1 : We I have to disagree a little, I admit things do not look good, but until the second goal we were outplaying them but not finishing anything, when you look how hard some of the guys were working in the corners to get the puck out front and when they did no body was there to shoot it or deflect it. I thought that our #1 line played really well but when a team only has to worry about shutting down one line it usually is easy. Budia played well, could not fault him on any of the goals. PK played
- goalie : is sinking!!!
- goalie : ...and that boat
- goalie : In other years there would be lots of partivipants on this blog. Our team's performance this season has been a total turn-off even for the bloggers. Mark my words.... we will NEVER know but I would bet my last cent that it will not be easy to sign a new coach in Montreal. This franchise is in deep deep trouble. Ther eare essentially no good veternas to build around, so we;re going to have to try and build using 20 year olds. Oilers tried that and were a complete failure. We're in the same boat
- goalie : Can anyone come up with anything positive about our perforance today? I honestly cannot!
- goalie : Even laayers like Cole, Pacs. Bourque seemed totally frustrated today. What we are seeng is the result of poor management over the past 5 or so seasons. The job wasnt dopne now we have a team that is probably the easiest team in the NHL to play against!
- goalie : At least Deharnais is trying BUTR he is not and never will be a number 1 or even 2 center. When he goes up gainst bigger players he simply can't get anything done offensively. Thisis not to question his effort!
- Senet1 : Basically we have one line and Washington was able to shut them down. We need a game breaker, even the other worse teams in the league have a game breaker we do not. Someone to bury the puck.
- Senet1 : If you can score goals then eventually the defence and goalies will take care of the other end.
- Senet1 : We need to go after goal scorers I would rather lose a game 6-5 and 1-0.
- Senet1 : Well if you cannot score which has been our problem all year you cannot win games.
- Mats Naslund : sorry - on replay he didn't touch the puck - which is an issue as well, but still as soft as can be in his own end. terrible play that probably does it.
- Mats Naslund : BRUTAL giveaway by Kaberle kills the game.. soft as tissue.
- Mats Naslund : Cole - dangerous shot.. but blocked again.
- Mats Naslund : 18 blocks for WAS today.. all offense has been pretty chippy.
- Senet1 : On the day before the trading deadline, I would put Gomez on waivers and see if someone selects him.
- Senet1 : Oh better coaching and better attitude with some of the players. Some players like Plekanec seem to be working hard but not accomplishing anything.
- Senet1 : Itn't it amazing how a coach has turned that team around. At one time Montreal had more points than they did. I have said it all year, if we could get a coach who could get these guys playing as a team we are a lot better team than we are showing. That is why I do not think that we have to do a lot to turn this team around, it is a matter of better scoring and better defensive systems 5-5. Lets face it you do not have a real bad defence when you have the top PK in the league. The kids are mat
- goalie : In our rebuilding for nect year the FIRST things I would work toward is a new power play alignment - even if that means trading a guy like Plex. We need layers who can control the puck and do that thing called score. Then we go from there. Our PP has been the basis of player frustration that has now grown to virtually every apsect of the game.
- goalie : Unfortunately for Budaj that was the correct call. Great save. Gomez must be totally embarrassed just like his play has been for the past year.--Yes the Blues are better than the Habs because they are COACHED BETTER not because they have vastly better talent.
- Mats Naslund : no shots on that powerplay - if you can call it that.
- Mats Naslund : 2 more chances after a brutal PP but they are blocked again.
- Mats Naslund : More plekanec on the point?? come on!
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January 8, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Home game, I don’t think we can call it easy. Since I think we all noticed that the habs usually find a way to make it hard on them selfs. Price, is sick or is going back to Hamilton ? I’ve got a question for all of you ! Remember Theodore when he came to Montreal, I think he was good, and then we start saying that he would be down on his knees to fast and started letting more goals in. Same thing happened to Thibault. And I remember last year that the word was practically shoot high on Huet… Pretty interesting to see that when Carey started the season, he was strongher and would be standing most of the time. And now, he seems a little more uncertain and is doing more and more the famous butterfly style. I’m actually starting to wonder if the goalies are the problem. Just as a note, the 4 mentionned goalies above all had one thing in common … Can you see it ?
January 8, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Rollie Melanson, their goaltending coach?
January 8, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Price and Chipchura down to Hamilton…
Halak and Locke up with the big boys…
Habs2010… don’t you read hockey reviews? Thought you were on the ball here
I’d say there is a double meaning on this: One – get Price some back to back games and getting him stopping pucks again; Two – A Halak showcase for trade bait, he has made it clear he wants to play in the NHL and wants to be shipped.
PS – there is a ceremony before the game tonight for the original 6 showcase the Habs have been doing this season like they did before the Detroit game.
January 8, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Yup, maybe Melancon is the actual problem. BigTime, I agree with you for price and Halak, it would probably do some good for him. But whats the explanation for Chipchura ?
January 8, 2008 at 5:22 pm
I’m feeling more confident in those moves by Gainey…bring on the SENS,DEVS,STARS,WINGS,DUCKS,CANACKS etc…lol,I am happy for Cory but…MY HEAD SPINS 360 DEGREES AS THE PEA SOUP FLIES OUT OF MY IN DISBELIEFED MOUTH.Maybe we should swap G.M’s and coaches with the Bulldog’s too?Look,I do know this fosure,with the Hawks down 8 members ,we better win IMFIO.
January 8, 2008 at 5:40 pm
I think it was probably time for Price to go to Hamilton. He wasn’t playing enough here. Maybe he should have started the season in Hamilton. Hope it doesn’t ruin his young career, like it did to Marc Andre Fleury.
I guess Chipchura can’t win faceoffs? Is Perreault or Stoll being traded here?
time will tell.
January 8, 2008 at 6:11 pm
I don’t like seeing Price go but he does need to play. Maybe keep him in Hamilton for a couple of months, bring him up towards the end of the season and have him back Huet up on our run to the Cup. Huet leaves in the summer as a UFA, Price takes over the number one spot and Halak backs him up next season
January 8, 2008 at 6:47 pm
I think Halak is being showcased as trade bait. On the other hand, Price does need to play and right now he’s not getting the playing time in Montreal. So let all us Habs fans hope this demotion for Price is a good thing.
January 8, 2008 at 6:58 pm
I can say that Carey Price hasent’t been playing his best hockey lately, easy goals and stupid mistakes have been a common thing in the past few weeks for Price, but we can’t blame the guy, can you imagine beeing 20 years old and playing for the CANADIENS, big load on the kid’s shoulders for his first NHL season, he’s good, but in a few years, he will one of the best number 1 goalies in the league, I see him in a habs uniform for a long time. How about Chipchura??? why Hamilton??? He’s not winning the faceoffs maybe, but he’s one of the best players against the boards, he is calm, composed and very smart in his plays, rarely we saw mistakes from his part. What the Canadiens need to do in matter of fact is to finally get rid of KOIVU and get a REAL CAPTAIN…or else, we will never see the CUP in Montreal.
January 8, 2008 at 7:07 pm
well, after Saturdays game, I’m not surprised. Price let in 3 goals that an NHL goalie CANNOT let in. Bye bye Price, do a stint in Hamilton, come back when you’re ready to be a NHL backup.
Chipchura going down is bull though, he’s been a steady defensive forward, but I don’t see him being down there for the rest of the season.
Do remember though, at the start of the season, Gainey did say that some of the guys up here now, may being going down to the minors, and some guys in the minors may be coming up to the big club, because they are not exposed to waivers. Makes sense he would do this at the midway point of the season.
January 8, 2008 at 7:11 pm
All you guys have great thoughts. I really think It’s possible for a trade to be coming. remember the trade deadline is in Febuary!
January 8, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Huet should have been sent to Hamilton, instead of Price!!!!
January 8, 2008 at 10:29 pm
HabsPal, you’re going to tell me that the first 3 goals so far let in by Huet are great goals, sorry, but I am totally willing to live with a Rookie goalie letting in ***** goals than a supposively Number 1 Goalie. Anyhow, lets see how this game ends…
January 8, 2008 at 11:31 pm
If the game had gone to a shootout-habs lose for sure! Huet is pathetic@ even Pierre Maguire said Huet should have stopped 2 goals. We better hope we don’t play Toronto, because we all know Huet can’t beat them.
January 8, 2008 at 11:37 pm
habs2010/judy.grantseeker@gmail.com you sound a lot like Chevy aka habwhatever and his other 15 Hab_______ names…No one wants to hear your constant whining so say something constructive once in awhile or I’ll assume your Chevy’s old lady.
January 8, 2008 at 11:39 pm
A pretty good all-around game tonight and a much needed home win. Breezer looked great in his first game back!
January 8, 2008 at 11:50 pm
LOL @ the blog … oh look we won at home nice ! Price needs to play and there are guys coming back so we will see some players being moved around , no big deal, Huet is not going anywhere he will be resigned, they should offer him a deal right now … and a few others also, there is some talk that the Habs might break with the traditon of not signing during the year and offer out a few contracts. I say they should do the same and show some of the players we want them here and it can help for motivation.
January 9, 2008 at 12:10 am
LOL way to tell him HB HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
January 9, 2008 at 12:37 am
Why is everyone so down on the habs? They’re in good shape. Go habs go!
January 9, 2008 at 12:53 am
Anyone got any cheap habs tickets for sale? ok if high up, but between the blue lines? I really want to go to a game.
January 9, 2008 at 1:50 am
all you guys do is complain trade that guy trade this guy everyone wants change why? we are doing good now so lets keep this team!
January 9, 2008 at 2:19 am
and for the people who say Huet should be sent down he hasen’t lost in regulation for 8 games.
January 9, 2008 at 10:06 am
Jessef, don’t go telling me he hasn’t lost in 8 regualation games, please. The only reason he hasn’t lost is that Montreal, Played Chicago, Tampa twice, Florida. Montreal as been scoring 3 goals or more for the past 6 games, that helpds him big time, cuz stupid goals against Ottawa, Detroit or others will loose you the game. Look at the full stats before answering.
January 9, 2008 at 10:30 am
Well said Habs Blog…
“If the game had gone to a shootout-habs lose for sure! ” Habs2010…
This guy would complain about the size of really big cheque if he won the lottery… we won dummy~
(also questioning he is a guy at all anymore, so I’ll change that to “13 year old kid”, or maybe a Sportsnet watcher who all cheer for the leafs and think Glen Healy & Nick Kipreos are gods)
January 9, 2008 at 11:03 am
Maybe instead of complaining about the Huet, Price and all we should complain about Melancon. He’s the biggest problem in the team.
January 9, 2008 at 1:21 pm
And what proof do we have that the problem is Melancon? You guys just cant be happy eh, you need to pick and fiddle and complain and whine and cry all season. I could understand if we were dead last but we are not, and we should make the playoff’s if we continue to play like we are now, this team is yound and has some great promise, we need one or maybe two players and we could make a serious run at the cup. Huet is one of the better goalies in the leaugue and Price will be one of the best in a short time. I for one like the way the Habs have come along this year and hope to see more in the near future.
GO HABS GO!!
and GO AWAY HABS2010 GO AWAY !!! and all the other cry babies
January 9, 2008 at 1:34 pm
“IF” your Aunt had nuts she would be your Uncle…………
January 9, 2008 at 4:34 pm
yeah jeez. I bet if the habs were in 1st place Habs2010 would still be complaining! The habs havent been that bad of late but I do agree with one thing.Huet sucks against toronto,and so what! Halak has beaten them before. I’m very confident right now. Unless they lose the the big bad Bruins lol whcich would be sad. GO HABS GO!!!
January 9, 2008 at 6:37 pm
we have the bruins number, the same way NJ, Car, and Buff have ours.
January 9, 2008 at 7:00 pm
for those over the age of 40, watching the pre game ceremony before last night’s game, was awesome. Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita,Denis Savard, Guy Lafleur, ken Dryden, Yvan Cournoyer,Henri Richard. That’s what it’s all about.
Those players were simply unbelievably awesome!
January 9, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Who is crying, stop acting smart, all we are doing is give are opinion and to me, all goaltenders that pass in Montreal are good and start having the same problem and get on their knees too fast and quite honestly, I rather seing a 20 year old rookie giving up retarded goals than Huet giving at least 1 per game. Like it or not, Huet as maximum 3 years left in the NHL and beleive me, Huet won’t bring Montreal to the Stanley cup and I don’t think that Price will either. We need some natural scorers and Huet might be good money for a trade so hope they do it if it’s the case cuz or else we will loosing for nothing more than memories.
January 10, 2008 at 10:25 am
Well I guess you know better that Scotty Bowmen cause he says Price will lead the habs to the cup.
January 10, 2008 at 11:16 am
Wow, the cup that would be nice, but we would need a few more elements to score goals and maybe they would have a chance.
January 10, 2008 at 1:14 pm
What a bunch of wankers over there in the Habs Insideout Blog.
There are a select few who run the joint. They pounce on eveybody who don’t agree with them.
You guys have room for a big ole DOG……
January 10, 2008 at 4:15 pm
DTD, aka “NEWFOUNDLAND DAWG?” WELCOME HOME BOY!
January 10, 2008 at 4:44 pm
I was under cover over there …LOL…..
I thought that they were bad in here….
There’s no place like home………
January 10, 2008 at 4:45 pm
BUT I love to get under their skin though………
January 10, 2008 at 4:51 pm
lol… Habs inside out is just that…and ran mostly by a young middle eastern girl from what I can tell.. oh well… There a few good things learned here, and when you live outside on Montreal, it’s great to get the inside scoop with whats up daily~
Heard today (rumor) that the Habs may be looking at Stoll from the Oilers… I say no thanks… Perrault from Chicago is the face off man to acquire… why do teams keep getting rid of him? He’s unreal with the faceoffs (but does use a blade on his stick similar to size of the blade on a goalie stick…probably why he isn’t getting the points)